I , until not to long ago, had a great home server on a P2 333 with 512Mb ram running SME server (Linux) 24/7. This really goes to show that in a home server it's easy to jump on the overkill wagon.

The parts you listed will be almost dead silent and have a low power consumption. After reading this thread I think it's time to build another home server.

yamawho

October 4, 2008 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kingnubian
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Excellent setup for a home server.

I , until not to long ago, had a great home server on a P2 333 with 512Mb ram running SME server (Linux) 24/7. This really goes to show that in a home server it's easy to jump on the overkill wagon.

The parts you listed will be almost dead silent and have a low power consumption. After reading this thread I think it's time to build another home server.

Overkill wagon ... good one :haha:

If it's a dead silent system you want, you may need to replace the heatsink on the chipset. It has a 40mm fan and even though I plugged mine into a fan header which has a speed adjustment in the bios, I found it needs to run at a minimum of 80% to cool the chipset.

BTW, the small heat sink at the top is for the cpu, the one under with the fan is for the chipset.

Phobia

October 4, 2008 12:46 PM

heh, my server is def. an overkill server.. e6600 and an ocz gamexstream 700w PSU. I was orignially going to use it for something else, but seeing as how im in school, and don't want to pay for more PC parts right now, it'll do.

Lithotech

October 5, 2008 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by trainguy
(Post 95840)

I'm liking that board and processor combo, but it only has 4 SATA ports, I plan on using 5 SATA drives, any nice way to overcome that?

4? I only see 2 sata ports...

trainguy

October 5, 2008 05:16 PM

There was another, similar board I was looking at with 4, that's where that number came from